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NFL fantasy football goes global from Nigeria to the Philippines

It was 2018 and Jon-T Vergara sat a couple of rows back in a small Manila courtroom the week before Christmas as a hearing proceeded in front of him. Vergara, a litigation attorney who focuses on intellectual property cases, had time before his case, so he opened a fantasy football app on his phone.

Vergara passed time by scrolling through the list of free agents, nabbing New York Jets receiver Robby Anderson, a move that paid off. Anderson scored 20 points, helping Vergara win his league championship by four-tenths of a point.

"Gotta love those fractional points," Vergara said with a smile on a Zoom call from the Philippines.